data protection in Bangladesh

Communication surveillance versus right to privacy: Where do our laws stand?

Communication surveillance can be intrusive and benign, like secretly installing Pegasus malware onto a digital device.

DATA PRIVACY DAY / Don’t the poor have a right to privacy?

By replicating existing frameworks, the draft Personal Data Protection Act misses out on critical local nuances.

Data Protection Act: Everyone dealing with citizens’ data must register

The government will maintain a publicly available register of all organisations and persons collecting and processing data, and the purpose for which data is being processed.

Data Protection Act: Constitutional rights of citizens are at risk

The draft data protection law will not only interfere with the citizens’ constitutional rights but will also negatively impact the economy in irredeemable ways, speakers at a roundtable in the capital said yesterday.

How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?

We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight

Gagging young voices: The unreasonable nature of our digital laws

As it stands now, any person whom law enforcement authorities deem to have breached the DSA will be arrested without a warrant.

How will we measure development if we don't have data?

In Bangladesh, the quality of the available data does not always meet expectations, and data is not always made readily available to researchers.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Communication surveillance versus right to privacy: Where do our laws stand?

Communication surveillance can be intrusive and benign, like secretly installing Pegasus malware onto a digital device.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

Don’t the poor have a right to privacy?

By replicating existing frameworks, the draft Personal Data Protection Act misses out on critical local nuances.

March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023

Data Protection Act: Everyone dealing with citizens’ data must register

The government will maintain a publicly available register of all organisations and persons collecting and processing data, and the purpose for which data is being processed.

March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023

Data Protection Act: Constitutional rights of citizens are at risk

The draft data protection law will not only interfere with the citizens’ constitutional rights but will also negatively impact the economy in irredeemable ways, speakers at a roundtable in the capital said yesterday.

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?

We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight

October 4, 2022
October 4, 2022

Gagging young voices: The unreasonable nature of our digital laws

As it stands now, any person whom law enforcement authorities deem to have breached the DSA will be arrested without a warrant.

October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022

How will we measure development if we don't have data?

In Bangladesh, the quality of the available data does not always meet expectations, and data is not always made readily available to researchers.

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